\nJoin expert seed saver Randel Agrella from Baker Cree
k Seeds and New England’s premier heirloom seed company\, Comstock Ferre S
eed Company for a talk and walk at Berkshire Botanical Garden with emphasi
s on saving seed for future gardens. This program will focus on correct pl
anting\, harvesting\, extracting\, and storing of seeds. Although the inst
ructor will focus on heirloom fruits and vegetables\, many of the techniqu
es covered are applicable for ornamental heirloom flowers as well. Partici
pants will take away the knowledge to save heirloom seeds as well as favor
ite seeds of the staff at the botanical garden.

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Randel Agr
ella is general manger of Comstock-Ferre in Wethersfield\, CT and
manager of rare seed grow-outs for Baker Creek Seeds in Mansfield\, Misso
uri. He has been a heirloom grower and seed saver since 1982 and has writt
en articles for Heirloom Gardener magazine\, Natural Awakenings of SW Virg
inia\, and Small Farm Today magazine. He runs his own website business Abu
ndant Acres\, www.abundantacres.net \, which sells tomato\, eggplant\, pep
per and herb plants throughout most of the US.